Improvement in cartridge-loading apparatus



J. H. MURRY. Cartridge-Loading Apparatus.

No. 221,971. Patented Nov. 25,1879..

Uivirn ST IMPROVE lvriNr` IN` CAfRTR'I DGE- LoADrNe APPARATUS.

Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 221,571,dated-ovember25, 1879; application tiled September 2Q, 1879,

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HLMURR'Y, of Indianapolis, in the county ofMarion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful ImprovedCombined Cartridge-Loading Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to provide a device for loading andcrimping-cartridges5 also for removing exploded caps.

My invention consists, mainly,vin the new construction and arrangementof devices; also, in the new combination of elements which are deemedessential in my newly-organized combined cartridge-loader, crimper, andcap-extractor, as will hereinafter be first fully described in thespecification, and then setforth in the claims.

In the accompanying' drawings, in which like letters of reference in thedifferent iigures indicate like parts, Figure 1 represents an invertedperspective view ot' a cartridge-holder with hinged bottolnembodyingpart of my invention. Fig. 2 is an inverted perspective viewot' the device used for guiding the wads into the cartridge-shells.Fig.3 is an enlarged sectional view of Fig. 2, taken at the line 1 2.

i Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the cartridgeholder and hingedbottom,partially in section, showing a single chamber for receiving thecartridge-shells; also, several shells in their respective chambers.Fig. 5, also, is a side elevation of the cartridge-holder and hingedbottoni, with the wad-guiding device also attached. Fig. 6 is anenlarged sectional view of the cartridge-holder and hinged bottom withthe wad-guiding device removed, showing the cartridge and crimpingdevice in position,- and Fig. 7 represents a brace for operating thecrimping device.

' Referring to the drawings, A represents a block of wood perforatedwilli a series of round y holes, G, adapted to receive and vhold thecartridge-shells K, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. 'Io the bottom of theperforated block A the bottom piece B is hinged atO O, as shown inFig. 1. This hinged bottom piece is also made of wood, and provided witha series of small holes, a, which are designed to assume a positiondirectly under the center of the holes G "in the large block when thebottoniis closed, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. Theliol'es a are `forthe purpose of allowing the exploded caps a of the cartridges to beforced out preparatory to the insertion of new ones. The bottom B isalso provided with a pointed brad or screw, f, near each hole a. Saidbrads are designed to indent the metallic heads of the cartridges whenthe bottom is closed and fastened by the hook H, and thus hold thecartridge-shells and prevent them from turning in the holes G when thecrimping device L is employed to secure the wads.

I represents another wooden block perforated with holes J to correspondwith the holes G of the eartridgeblock A. The upper end of each hole Jis made bell-mouthed or tapering, as at J', leaving a shoulder, b, torest on the upper end of each cartridge-shell, as shown in Figs. 3 and5. The tapering part J of each hole J is designed to guide the wads intothe cartridge-shells, and the shoulders b prevent the wads from catchingon the ends of the shells.

The crimping device L is of the usual formt'. e., a cylindrical part tofit over the end of the shells, with an annular ring, m', to t looselyinside of the shell, so that when said device is revolved with pressurethe end ofthe cartridgeshell is stove up, as at m, thus securing thewads, as shown in Fig. 6.

The crimping device L may be provided with a tang, P, to t in anordinary brace; or the tang P may be dispensed with and a hole providedwith a screw-thread formed in the center to receive the screw-threadedend w of the brace. (Shown in Fig. 7.)

Having thus described my improved apparatus, I will now describe theinode of operating it, to wit: The bottom B is turned back and the emptyshells are inserted in the holes G, as shown at4 K, Fig. 1, after whichthe botcured by the hook H, thus causing each brad or screw-pointf toslightly indent each metallic head of the cartridges K and hold themfirmly. 4

If the cartridges are new the loading process may commence immediately,as follows: The perforated block I is adjusted as in Fig. 5, and acharge of powder is poured into each tom B is folded over, pressed down,and sev shell, after which a wad is placed in each of the tapering holesJ and forced home. Next, the shot is charged in each shell, and anotherset of wads inserted and forced home, after which the perforated block Iis removed and the crimping device L applied and revolved on each shellby a brace until each shell is crimped and the charges secured, afterwhich the hook H is released, the bottom opened, and the charged shellsremoved.

In case the shells have been used and the caps exploded, the dischargedshells are in- Y sertedand secured in the perforated block A as Y Ybefore described. The exploded caps are then removed by inserting anyordinary cap-extracting device in the shell and forcing the caps outthrough the holes a in the bottom B, after which new caps may beinserted before the loading operation is commenced.

Having` thus described my improved apparatus, what I claim is- 1. Theblock A, perforated with a series of chambers or holes, G, combined withthe hin ged bottom B, also provided with a series of smallcap-extracting holes, a, and brads or screwpointsf, as and for thepurpose specied.

2. The perforated block A, with hinged perforated bottom B,provided'with brads or screwpointed spurs f, combined with block I,having tapering or bell-mouthed perforations J as and for the purposespecified.

to this specification in the presence of two subscribing` witnesses. JNO. H. MURRY.

Witnesses:

E. O. FRINK, H. H. LINVILLE.

In testimony whereof IhavetsignedYmynaine Y Y Y Y Y

